The ABC’s of the GLN Registry: How Hospitals Get Started with GS1 Standards

Speakers: John Roberts, Director, GS1 & Dawn Burtram, GLN Consultant, Novation

Overview: You have heard rumblings about the “GLN” and the “GLN 2010 Sunrise,” and that the FDA is going to mandate Unique Device Identification. To get started with data standards, you must understand the GLN and the GLN Registry. AHRMM is providing this free 60-minute webinar with two experts (John Roberts, Director, GS1, and Dawn Burtram, GLN Consultant, Novation) on the GLN and the GLN Registry to provide the essential “How To” guide and answer your questions.

At the conclusion of this webinar you will be able to:

• Define GLN and understand its primary purpose
• State the industry-wide and provider-specific benefits of the GLN
• Assign GLNs to your healthcare organization
• Understand what the GLN Sunrise date really means
• Define, access, and use the GLN Registry
• Understand the general time investment/financial resources necessary to implement GLNs
• Know where to turn for support

This webinar took place on August 11, 2010.